 | Star-eating black hole sends flash from distant galaxy |
| Updated on: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:52:23 AM |
| WASHINGTON: A bright gamma-ray flash seen in March came from a distant galaxy nearly four billion light years away where a Sun-sized star was being eaten by a black hole, US astronomers said T.... |
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 | US vows to kill new Al-Qaeda leader |
| Updated on: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:39:32 AM |
| WASHINGTON: The United States will seek to hunt down and kill new Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri just as it did his predecessor Osama bin Laden, the top US military officer said Thursday.< span=""> <> |
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 | Assange marks six months on 'dehumanising' bail |
| Updated on: Thursday, June 16, 2011 8:55:57 PM |
LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange clocked up six months on bail Thursday, with the whistle blowing website slamming his "unfair" restrictions as he fights extradition from Britain.
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 | Zawahri appointed al Qaeda leader - Al Arabiya TV |
| Updated on: Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:58:39 AM |
DUBAI: Osama bin Laden's long-time lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, is now the leader of al Qaeda, Al Arabiya television reported on Thursday.
The Egyptian-born Zawahri vowed earlier t.... |
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 | Kuwait ruler warns against unrest, security threats |
| Updated on: Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:50:11 AM |
| KUWAIT: Kuwait's emir said Wednesday the Gulf state would show "zero tolerance" to anyone threatening the OPEC oil exporter's security, after the opposition held weekly rallies demanding that .... |
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 | 12 fighters killed in clashes in Somali town |
| Updated on: Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:13:48 AM |
| MOGADISHU: At least 12 fighters were killed Wednesday in clashes between rebels and pro-government Sufi militants in a town close to Somalia's border with Ethiopia, officials and witnesses sai.... |
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 | Karzai to step down as Afghan leader in 2014-Gates |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 9:21:50 PM |
WASHINGTON: Hamid Karzai has said privately he intends to step down in 2014 as president of Afghanistan as required by the country's constitution, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates tol.... |
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 | Obama calls for ceasefire in Sudan |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:59:30 PM |
| WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Sudan's government to halt military operations in a troubled border state and called for a ceasefire in bloody fighting as the south .... |
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 | Ahmadinejad joins China, Russia leaders at summit |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 3:11:43 PM |
| ASTANA: The leaders of Russia and China on Wednesday joined Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a rare encounter at a summit in Kazakhstan aimed at improving security in Central Asia a.... |
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 | Afghan vice president escapes rocket attack |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 1:58:28 PM |
WARDAK: Afghan Vice President Karim Khalili and Interior Minister Besmullah Mohammadi escaped unhurt after a rocket attack targeted a police centre in central Afghanistan on Wedne.... |
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